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Can You Claim a “New Summit” If You Merely Stopped When the Climbing Got Too Hard?

Last month, professional European alpinists Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber, and Simon Geitl climbed some outrageously beautiful new terrain on Jirishanca (6,125m), in Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash range.

At 65, Hulda Crooks started climbing Mount Whitney and went up 23 times; at 91 she became the oldest woman to climb Mount Fuji in Japan

Hulda Crooks earned her place in mountaineering history through 23 Mount Whitney climbs and a Mount Fuji ascent that she ...
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Climbing Mount Soledad: Many Roads, One Summit

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Mount Soledad has become one of my favorite rides in San Diego, and it is not just because of the climb itself. What makes it special is what waits at the top ...

Can you climb a mountain whose summit is invisible? — The heart that pushes through the margins in the AI era

Can you climb a mountain whose summit is invisible?The mountain's peak is beyond the clouds. There is no map. What is the ...
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First Down Syndrome Summit of the Grand Teton

On Friday, August 18, Andrew “Bob/Ducky” Harris became the first person with Down Syndrome to summit the Grand Teton. The ascent via the Owen-Spalding route took just under 12 hours from the Lupine ...

Woman, 64, Felt Lost After Her Husband’s Death. Then She Became the Oldest American Woman to Summit Everest (Exclusive)

“Who am I without Pat? I wanted to find out,” Eva Steinwald tells PEOPLE of taking on climbing challenges ...
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The 2026 Vuelta a España packs 58,000 meters of climbing and 7 summit finishes — even Pogačar is going to suffer

The 2026 Vuelta a España could be the hardest grand tour of the modern era. One stat pretty much tells you everything: 58,156 meters. That’s how much vertical climbing organizers have stuffed into 21 ...